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Gaming Startups

Updated July 2026

Companies in the gaming sector developing innovative solutions and technologies.

Explore 1,457 recently funded gaming companies with verified founder contact information and fundraising data.

Total Companies
1,457
Total Funding
$1.7B
Avg Funding
$66.8M
Global Reach
10
countries

Top Cities for Gaming

Paris
Rome
Sydney
Miami
Seattle
San Francisco

Recently Funded Companies

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Paris, France

Sorare is a global fantasy football game where players can buy, trade, and play with official digital cards.

$680.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Rome, Italy

FORGE studios is a game development company that provides outsourcing production services to studios in the game industry.

$750K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

GGWP Academy is an E-learning and Influencer Marketplace platform focused on providing education and opportunity for gamers globally

$1.1M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Miami, United States

Betr is a direct-to-consumer micro-betting app that allows its users to sports betting.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Seattle, United States

Nurture is a new app for children aged 4 to 7, featuring interactive information and games to keep them interested.

$2.8M raised
Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Social identity and rewards for gamers

Sep 2024

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Sydney, Australia

Rush Gold is a real-world-asset FinTech for retail, sophisticated investors and business customers for savings, spending & lending.

$2.2M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Sonic provides a blockchain platform for measuring and rewarding user attention and engagement.

Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Stockholm, Sweden

European Entertainment Group operates multiple gaming brands.

$694.5M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Oslo, Norway

Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share, and play fun learning games and trivia quizzes.

$153.4M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Victoria, Canada

Battlesnake is a platform that allows people who wanted to know and try programming in a fun way.

$1.5M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Boston, United States

Runesoul is a gamefi and social networking platform that focuses on graphic elements.

$4.0M raised
Sep 2025

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Building the best analytics stack & economy engine for Web3

$2.1M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

MetaOne offers guild management solutions for GameFi developers.

Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

San Francisco, United States

Roforco runs a Roblox game accelerator that makes games successful by providing funding, resources and hands-on support.

$1.0M raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Brooklyn, United States

PickUp is a fan opinion platform that makes content interactive by letting publishers embed contextual and shareable editorial.

$3.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Paris, France

Wefight is a brand operating in the online gambling and lottery industry.

$11.8M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Zephyr Cove, United States

1047 Games is an American video game developer company. Known for creating the online multiplayer first person shooter game Splitgate.

$100.0M raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Fargo, United States

FargoRate is a rating computation platform that uses pocket-billiard player ratings to rate amateur and professional players.

$500K raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Berkeley, United States

Rascal Games creates games that are unapologetically multiplayer.

$4.2M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

London, United Kingdom

Flick Games develops an online and mobile platform for card games.

$500K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Houston, United States

Mainline helps companies, brands, universities, and organizations to manage, monetize, and market their esports programs and events

$250K raised
Sep 2021

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Singapore, Singapore

Mythic Protocol is an entertainment company that develops games, media and platforms.

$6.5M raised
Sep 2023

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Washington, United States

ORB Reality is a software company that develops VR video games and programming,

$250K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

Ankara, Turkey

UDOGaming is a mobile game developing company that offers casual, strategic, and action games for gaming enthusiasts.

$840K raised
Sep 2022

Founder Contacts

30,000+ verified contacts

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About the Gaming Startup Ecosystem

The gaming industry encompasses video game studios, gaming infrastructure, esports, game streaming platforms, and metaverse technologies. Gaming has grown into one of the largest entertainment industries globally, attracting venture capital investment across both consumer and enterprise applications.

Funding Trends in Gaming

Gaming companies raise capital at all stages, with game studios typically raising seed and Series A funding for initial development, while platform and infrastructure companies attract larger growth rounds. The sector has seen increased interest from crossover investors and strategic corporate investors.

Growth Outlook

Gaming continues to grow with mobile gaming, cloud gaming, virtual reality, and the emergence of user-generated content platforms. Companies building gaming infrastructure, social gaming experiences, and cross-platform tools are attracting significant venture interest.

Gaming Funding Breakdown

Here is how funding is distributed among the 1,457 gaming companies tracked in the VCBacked database.

Average Funding
$66.8M
Total Funding Tracked
$1.7B
Countries Represented
10

Distribution by Funding Stage

Other25 companies

Top Cities for Gaming

1.San Francisco
3 companies$1.0M
2.Paris
2 companies$691.8M
3.Sydney
2 companies$3.3M
4.London
2 companies$2.6M
5.Singapore
2 companies$6.5M

Related Industries

Companies in the gaming sector often overlap with or complement businesses in adjacent industries. Exploring related verticals can help you discover additional companies, identify partnership opportunities, and understand the broader competitive landscape.

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